Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that the administration won’t restart asylum claims until every applicant is thoroughly vetted under the new standards established by President Donald Trump.
Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Noem said the administration has halted all such cases to prioritize national security and to clean up what she described as the “chaos” left behind by President Joe Biden.
The Trump administration on Friday confirmed it has paused all asylum rulings, one day after the president said he would suspend migration from “third world countries.”
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